The Washington critic., 1887-02-04
TOPICS. Of THE DAY.


the stage for young girls, says Georgia
Cayvan in the Brookiyh .Udgagiae for
February, are that the labor Is too Sc.
we're and the temptations too many and
great. The first is no obstacle--noth.
ing of real value is attained without
hard work, severe work. The second
is supposed TO cover most of the
ground. The difficulties in the way of
obtaining a start are to the novice ap-
parently insuperable, and many give
up the wearisome contest. Such diff.
cultics are not, therefore, without a1.
vantages, those who override the bar.
riers being often the ones whose talent
is undeniable. The fortunate tyro be-
ing lcgitimately started on her upward
career, as she hopes, with friends ad.
vice in her ears and good mothers
counsel, trust, In her heart, looks
about for the so.called temptations and
trials of stage life. She will soon learn
that this bugbear need trouble her but
little. Human nature behind the oot-
lights is not whit different from hui
man nature before the curtain. The
question of morals and good be.
havior lies with the individual,
and is largely matter of char
acter, disposition and temperament,
and she will find scarcely more respect
elsewhere, If she desire to inspire 1t,
than among the large and varied as.
sortment of people which makes up the
class known as professionals. 1t is
not the stage alone which numbers
among its disciples women whose yield.
ing and plant natures render them
susceptible to the influences for evil
which may surround them. Unfortu
nately, they are not aggressive inllu
ences, else would they sound their own
note of warning. They are furtive,
watchful, but discriminating. In
every walk in life women who are
obliged to write failure after every
honest effort, may be driven to loss
of self respect, as men are TO dishonesty;
but such results must follow where
there is lack of ability or n profession
overcrowded. 1t is only contended
here that young woman with requisite
talent and the physical endowmcnts
which must go with 1t need have no
fear that she cannot pursue unmolcstcl
her work upon the stage, nor has she
reason TO feel prouder Of her victory
than If she had followed any other
bread. winning vocation with like moral
success.
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Says Towle of the Boston TidreNor:
The law prohibiting the sale of intox-
icating liquor in the Capitol is farce
of the widest description. No attempt
has ever been made to enforce 1t In the
House restaurant, and any one who de-
sires can obtain all kinds of mixed aud
plain drinks without the slightest dinl-
Guilty. The day when the customer
went in, and, with mysterious wink
TO the waiter, called for "cold tea" and
had it brought to him in china cup,
has gone past, and now the drnker
goes up to the bar and olders his
beverage without the slightest conceal
ment. The Senate restaurant Is under
the control of the Committee ON Rules,
Of which Senator Frye of Maine is the
chairman. Frye is tectotaler of the
strictest kind. He does not drink him
self, and has always voted for the most
rigid and severe kind of temperance leg.
islation. Mr.. Page, who keeps the Sen
ate restaurant, Is from Maine, and at
first no intoxicating liquors We're sold.
Gradually there came change, and
alos, wines and beer were dispensed as
a sort of compromise. Now all the
barriers have been thrown down, and
one can get anything in the line of
alcoholic drinks that he calls for. Mr.
Page, however, is not as sinful as the
keeper of the House restaurant There
a regular bar Is run, with the usual
scale of prices in vogue at drinking
resorts. Mr.. Page sells whisky by the
sherry glass and beer by the whisky
glass. There Is some curiosity here
as TO whether this is being done with
Senator Frye's knowledge. Perhaps
the Senator does not know anything
about it.
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Just now, says the same correspond
ent, they are telling story on cX.Con-
gresham Ochiltree that fairly makes
him vince. 1t appears that Tom at
tended one of the meetings of the Ma
,lonal Jockey Club here. Somebody
told him that w. w. Corcoran, the
millionaire, was present. Tom looked
around and said: "Where Is my old
friend Corcoran | want to see him. ="
Mr.. Corcoran' s whereabouts were point.
ed out, and, with great deal of ELUSIVE.
ness, Tom rushed up, and se2lng the
millionaire with both hands, be
told him how glad he was to
see him alive and looking so well, Mr.
Corcoran replied that really Tom had
the advantage of him, whGreupon the
latter cried, Don't you remember me?
Why, Mr.. CorCoran, I'm Tom Ochil,
tree" Corcoran rearraDged his
glasses, and, catching Toms left optic
said: 81 thought Tom Ochillree was IL
horse" For the first time in the his
tory of nations Tom fled, and his
friends have been rasping him about it
ever since.
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Among the Senatorial ladies at Wash.
ington, says the Philadelphia IImg'
correspondent, the State of Maine Is
represented by Mrs. Hale and Mrs.
Frye. Mrs, Hale was well,known in
Washington society llteen years ago as